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CHAGALL, Marc, The Acrobats, 1984
Marc Chagall was born July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Russia. From 1907 to 1910, he studied in Saint Petersburg, at the Imperial Society for the Protecti… [Read biography »]
Signed Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985), Original Color Lithograph, The Acrobats, 1984  |
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| Artist: | Chagall, Marc (1887 - 1985) |
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| Title: | The Acrobats, 1984 |
| Medium: | Original Color Lithograph |
| Image Size: | 24 in x 18.89 in (61 cm x 48 cm) |
| Sheet Size: | 32.9 in x 23.6 in (83.5 cm x 60 cm) |
| Framed Size: | approx. 43 1/4 in x 36 in (110 cm x 91.4 cm) |
| Signed: | Hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin |
| Edition: | Numbered 40/50 in pencil in the lower left margin |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | |
This lively and jovial circus scene evokes notions of fantasy and wonderment, a splendidly colored lithograph that proves testament to Chagall's mastery of printmaking. It is highly expressive and full of momentum; series of vignettes of circus clowns and performers are scattered throughout, with tumbling acrobats and dancing characters in colorful costume. Behind them we see the faint shadows and outlines of the crowded audience who look before them to the stage below. It is a packed tent; a performance worthy of drawing an eager audience to the show with Chagall as its ringmaster. Created in March 1984, this work is hand signed by Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered 40/50 in pencil in the lower left margin. Printed on Arches wove paper. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: 1. Sorlier, Charles. Chagall Lithographs, vol. VI 1980 - 1985, Crown Publishers: NY, 1986. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1031 on pg. 120. 2. La Collection Sorlier. Marc Chagall: The Lithographs, Ulrike Gauss, ed. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 1031 on pg. 379. About the Framing: | |
| Style: | Modern Master |
Biography of Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (1887 - 1985)
Marc Chagall was born July 7, 1887, in Vitebsk, Russia. From 1907 to 1910, he studied in Saint Petersburg, at the Imperial Society for the Protection of the Arts and later with Léon Bakst. In 1910, he moved to Paris, where he associated with Guillaume Apollinaire and Robert Delaunay and encountered Fauvism and Cubism. He participated in the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'Automne in 1912. His first solo show was held in 1914 at Der Sturm gallery in Berlin.
Chagall visited Russia in 1914, and was prevented from returning to Paris by the outbreak of war. He settled in Vitebsk, where he was appointed Commissar for Art in 1918. He founded the Vitebsk Popular Art School and directed it until disagreements with the Suprematists resulted in his resignation in 1920. He moved to Moscow and executed his first stage designs for the State Jewish Chamber Theater there. After a sojourn in Berlin, Chagall returned to Paris in 1923 and met Ambroise Vollard. His first retrospective took place in 1924 at the Galerie Barbazanges-Hodebert, Paris. During the 1930s, he traveled to Palestine, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, and Italy. In 1933, the Kunsthalle Basel held a major retrospective of his work.
During World War II, Chagall fled to the United States. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, gave him a retrospective in 1946. He settled permanently in France in 1948 and exhibited in Paris, Amsterdam, and London. During 1951, he visited Israel and executed his first sculptures. The following year, the artist traveled in Greece and Italy. During the 1960s, Chagall continued to travel widely, often in association with large-scale commissions he received. Among these were windows for the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, installed in 1962; a ceiling for the Paris Opéra, installed in 1964; a window for the United Nations building, New York, installed in 1964; murals for the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, installed in 1967; and windows for the cathedral in Metz, France, installed in 1968. An exhibition of the artist's work from 1967 to 1977 was held at the Musée du Louvre, Paris, in 1977-78, and a major retrospective was held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1985. During his lifetime he also created popular lithographs, such as Maternity. Chagall died March 28, 1985, in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France.
